Our Menu
Creative Cairns Cafe Menu
Oliver believes the cafe industry has a role to play in influencing food trends and at-home dining culture.
With this in mind, local and indigenous ingredients are deliciously and seamlessly wound into both the creative and familiar cafe menu items.
All Day Menu
GOOD MORNING VIETNAM GF & DF
Turmeric & rice flour crepe, twice-cooked pork belly, paperbark smoked five-spice & bean sprouts. Served with Vietnamese style green papaya slaw & nước chấm sweet & sour sauce | 23.9
Goes great at lunchtime with the aromatic YeYe Riesling|Gwertz’ from Western Australia | 13.0
Swap Pork Belly for confit tofu for PB option
Bánh Xèo (pronounced “Bahn Say-yo”) is a Vietnamese street food favourite, showcasing the French influence in Vietnam!
HUEVOS RANCHEROS [ MEXICAN BEANS ] GF & DF
Black eye beans, slow cooked with tomato & Mexican spices. Served in a cast-iron pan with two free-range eggs, spicy chorizo, corn tortilla chips, tomatillo salsa verde, smashed avocado, coriander & lime | 26.9
Try with the rustic Primitivo | 10.0
Pronounced “Weh-vos Ran-chair-os”] This is a hearty breakfast with some familiar mexi-flavours. Tomatillo is an indigenous Mexican tomato that grows in a husk, and naturally a little sour & tart | Available Plant Based.
PINA COLADA WAFFLE STACK GF & DF
Pineapple waffles, pineapple grilled with cinnamon, dehydrated pineapple, crispy shaved coconut, coconut dukkah, coconut caramel, coconut sorbet, & davidson plum dust | 24.9
Tropical Pina Colada flavours with loads of color, flavour & texture, a decadent dish perfect to share for bressert (brekky-dessert).
GREEN NOURISH BOWL GF & DF
Superfood done delicious – with kale, avocado, zucchini ribbons, green beans, pickled radish, quinoa, lentils, topped with a poached egg, toasted pepitas, almonds & sunflower seeds & our preserved lemon vinaigrette | 21.9
Add our house-made kimchi for a little spice & a whole lot of probiotics 4.5
Make it PB -swap egg for our tofu “not egg”.
Tropical Avocado Toast GF, DF & PB
TRY WITH SEARED QUEENSLAND SCALLOPS!
Smashed avocado on toast with finger lime, a lemon myrtle, dried mango, macadamia & coconut dukkah, cherry tomato, coconut-based feta, Shichimi japanese pepper, coriander & chilli threads | 18.9
Add seared Queensland scallops, marinated in white soy & mirin | 30.9 | Lush, yum.
Add Marsh’s bacon & poached egg | 27.9 | The classic combo!
This is our indigenous & tropical ingredient focused avocado toast, an absolute flavour bomb with layers of flavour & textural components.
QLD SPANNER CRAB OMELETTE
QLD Spanner Crab claw meat and our famous fiendish chilli jam, inside a French-style rolled omelette, with black tobiko, Yarra Valley salmon roe, chilli threads & Innisfail palm heart slaw | 36.0
Lunchtime? Goes well with a glass of something aromatic -the Prosecco, Pinot Grigio or the Rose.
LEMON MYRTLE EGGS BENEDICT
Two poached free-range eggs on Dino’s wood-fired ciabatta, wilted spinach & our lemon myrtle hollandaise. Served with your choice of protein.
Add Marsh’s bacon | 24.9
Add smoked salmon | 27.9
Marsh’s ham-sliced-off-the-bone | 24.9
Lemon Myrtle is endemic to Queensland, and has a citrus & lemongrass-like flavour which compliments hollandaise perfectly.
BUILD YOUR OWN
Start here with eggs on toast
Poached free range eggs wood-fired ciabatta toast, tobiko, seaweed salt | 11.9
Scrambled with extra egg & cream | +3.0
Gluten-free bread | +2.0
The best bread & eggs we can find, perfectly cooked, served with complex ocean-based salt & umami flavours on top!
PAPERBARK SMOKED ROO-BEN SANDWICH
Based on the New York classic Rueben! Paperbark smoked & peppered Kangaroo, homemade sauerkraut, pickled cucumber, melted cheese, dijon mustard & mild chilli sauce.
Great with our smashed chats with red wine vinegar reduction | 5.5
Very nice with a of Montepulciano | 13.0
TRUFFLE & TOFU TOASTIE DF & PB
Mushroom, cashew & truffle pate, confit tofu with shitake salt, melted cheese, & soy pickled onions – a simple & delicious combination of flavour and texture! | 14.9
PB cheese | +1.0
BACON & EGG BREKKY BURGER
Fried Stockman’s free range egg, Marsh’s bacon, caramelized onion jam, tomato relish, rocket & garlic aioli. | 14.9
Add smashed avocado | 3.0
Add lemon myrtle hollandaise | 3.0 | Add both!
Adds & Sides
Poached egg | 2.5
Lemon myrtle hollandaise | 2.5
Garlic aioli | 2.5
Chilli jam | 2.5
Marsh’s tablelands bacon | 6.5
Pan-fried chorizo | 5.5
Side of kangaroo | 8.0
Mushrooms with herbs & rose petals| 8.0
Huon smoked salmon | 8.0
Side of avocado | 4.5
Confit tofu with mushroom salt | 4.5
Wilted spinach | 4.5
Our Kimchi | 4.5
Smashed chats with salt & red wine vinegar reduction – bowl to share 8.9 | or as a side | 5.5
Kids & Small Things
Cheesy toast
2 pieces of ciabatta with aioli & melted cheese | 8.9
CHAT CHIPS
Bowl of hand cut chat potato chips with garlic aioli | 10.9
Toastie
Cheese & tomato passata toastie | 10.0
with Marsh’s Ham | 15.5
with Kimchi | 14.0
EGG ON TOAST
1 egg on 1 toast, salt & pepper | 6.9
Cakes & Pastries
Homely house-made cakes
Carrot cake with cream cheese icing | 11.9
Basque Cheesecake 8.5
Chocolate Brownie PB 6.0
Orange & Almond cake GF 9.9
Add Vanilla Gelati 3.0
Frenchies Pastries
Almond Croissant | 7.0
Danish | 6.5
Plain Croissant | 6.0
French Donut | 6.0
Coffee
Coffee
Flat white
Latte
Cappuccino
Iced latte
Batchie
Long Black
Cup 4.0 | Mug 5.0 | Take Away XL (3 shots) 7.0
NOT MILK
sm or med 0.50 | lg 1.0
Bonsoy | Milklab Almond | Lactose Free | Oatly
FLAVOUR ADDS 0.50
house-made Coconut Caramel | Chocolate | Vanilla syrup
V60
Pour-over | 8.0
Single origin made hand pour with Hario v60
BATCHIE
Seasonal single origin coffee made with batch brewer | 4.0
COFFEE FLIGHT
Milkie + Doppio + Batchie | 10.0
ICED COFFEE
With Licks vanilla gelati | 7.5
PRANA CHAI
Served on milk | 5.0 | Dirty Chai (with an add of espresso) | 8.0
Premium Tea
English Breakfast | 4.0
Earl Grey | 5.0
Japanese Gen Mai Cha | 5.0
Chinese Oolong | 5.0
Korean Ginseng | 5.0
PRANA CHAI | 5.0
Fruit Juice – Build Your Own | 7.9
Orange | Apple | Pineapple | Watermelon | Carrot | Celery
ADDS
Ginger | Lemon | Lime | Mint
Barista suggestion = Orange + Apple + Watermelon + Ginger
Cold Drinks
Old School Milkshakes
Vanilla | Chocolate | Strawberry | Coconut Caramel …Regular 7.0 …Kids 3.5
Yellow Super Smoothie | GF, DF & PB
Frozen mango & banana, our tepache, turmeric, chia seeds & coconut milk topped with turmeric puffed corn | 10.0
Mexican Tepache
Pineapple fermented for 3 days with cinnamon, anise & clove | 7.0
Sparkling mineral water
Yaru Mt Warning NSW | 500mL 5.5 | 1L 7.5
Mango Iced Tea
Classic, served with mint & lime | 7.0
Booze
Available after 10am
This is a handpicked list (with help from our friend and Somme Lucas) of small, passionate producers with philosophies that align with us, a focus on flavour balance, and great to drink with food and friends.
White
by the glass
PROSECCO, N.V. UMBERTO LUIGI DOMENICO
Veneto, Italy
Named after the three brothers who own and run Bellenda winery in Veneto. Made from Glera grapes, this is a moreish & refreshing Prosecco at its best… Salute! 11.0 | 55.0
SAUVIGNON BLANC, 2020 SWINGING BRIDGE
Orange, NSW
Tom Ward makes seriously good cool climate wines on his family’s 100 year old farm in Australia’s highest altitude wine region at Orange, with fruit forward passionfruit & tropical fruits leaping out of the glass enjoy! Find out more… 12.0 | 59.0
GEWURTZ’ | RIESLING, 2018 LA VIOLETTA YE YE GRISE
Great Southern, WA
AJ Hoadley makes delicious aromatic whites in West Australia’s Great Southern wine region with a hands-off approach & a focus on fun. This is a texture focused blend of Gewurztraminer and Riesling that tastes like musk, nashi pear & green apples – delicious! 13.0 | 65.0
PINOT GRIGIO, 2019 GRAN SASSO
Abruzzo, Italy
A fun filled refreshing Pinot Grigio from Italy’s Adriatic coast with grapefruit, peach, lemon and a little spice. Perfect for lunch time. 10.0 | 55.0
MARSANNE | ROUSSANNE | VIOGNIER, 2017 THE STORY
Grampians, VIC
Rory Lane has been making outstanding small batch wine from small parcels of fruit in Central & Western Victoria since 2003, produced from just 5 rows of vines, this classic northern Rhone Valley blend is full bodied, white flowers & honeysuckle. Find out more… 15.0 | 75.0
Fun pairing with the Truffle and Tofu toastie!
Red
by the glass
PINOT NOIR, 2019 SILENT WAY
Macedon, VIC
Another cracking wine made by Matt Harrop in Victoria’s cool climate Macedon ranges, this whole bunch Pinot Noir has surprising depth of flavour with dark plum & spice and silky fine grained tannins. So good! 14.0 | 70.0
MONTEPULCIANO, 2019 S.C. PANNELL
Langhorne Creek, Mclaren Vale, SA
A trailblazer for innovation in Mclaren Vale Steve Pannell champions not just Grenache but varieties from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. This Montepulciano is a variety native to Abruzzo in Italy is full of red fruits with mulberry and raspberries leading the way. Cracker with our Roo-ben. 13.0 | 65.0
GRENACHE, 2020 APHELION ‘WELKIN’
Mclaren Vale, SA
Louise Rhodes and Rob Mack are making some of the countries best Grenache, winner of the 2018 Young Gun of Wine Award, this wine under there Welkin range is a one off experimental batch wine made with a hands off approach, showing a lighter weight loaded with juicy red berry and spice and underlying herbal notes. 14.0 | 70.0
PRIMITIVO, LUCCARELLI
Puglia, Italy
From the heel of Italy comes this cherry laden wine with savoury dark fruits, commonly known as Zinfandel within the Californian wine scene, rustic red at it’s best. 10.0 | 50.0
Rose
by the glass
MALBEC ROSE, 2019 DOMINGO MOLINA HERMANOS
Calchaquí, Argentina
Grown at an insane 2000 metres above sea level this is true heroic viticulture! A savoury style with watermelon, raspberries and vanilla leading the way, if in doubt drink pink! 13.0 | 65.0
NATURAL & MINIMAL INTERVENTION WINES
by the bottle
Anton Von Klopper [Lucy Margaux]
‘Natural wine’ is simply wine made from grapes.
“But it is so much more, because ‘natural’ is not greed, capitalism, chemical, or control. It is a metamorphosis to allow the archetypal beverage to form.
Therefore, you must have a relationship with the vines that offer you their fruit, and it would be a sin to adulterate nature’s work by filtering, fining, or any addition, including small amounts of sulfur, is not natural.”
RIESLING, 2019 ‘JUMPING JUICE’
Gippsland, VIC
Made by Patrick Sullivan and Xavier Goodridge under their joint Jumping Juice label, this is a texture focused lo-fi Riesling with a citrus core, super crisp with a mineral line, its a fun filled picnic wine perfect on a sunny day. | 69.0
VERMENTINO, 2019 SAVE OUR SOULS
Heathcote, VIC
A joint collaboration between Jason Searle and Bill Downie with fruit sourced from the sustainably farmed Chalmers vineyard in Heathcote. Fermented naturally with minimal intervention in the cellar, tastes like grapefruit, lemon and quince so good! | 66.0
‘WILDMAN BLANC’, 2020 LUCY MARGAUX
Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA
Anton Von Klopper is known as the madman of natural wine. Whole bunch sauvignon blanc grapes, naturally fermented, unfiltered, unfined and no SO2 -this is a crazy-fun flavour adventure over the oxidation process. Starting with crisp, high acid & grippy tannins, it’s bold & funky and opens up into a delightful tropical fruit punch -passionfruit, mango, lychee juice. One of Olly’s favourites wines of all time. | 129.0
CHARDONNAY, 2020 DORMILONA
Margaret River, WA
Jo Perry makes awesome naturally made wines under her “lazy bones” label using only organic or biodynamically farmed fruit, whole bunch pressed aged in amphora and large format old oak, stunning white peach and nectarine – drink now! | 78.0
PINOT ROSE, 2020 UNKEL ‘HEARTBREAK’
Nelson, New Zealand
Rob and Kate Burley make delicious wines from their tiny 4.9 hectare block of vines on Bronte Peninsula in Nelson, at the top of New Zealand’s south Island. This wine is unfiltered and unfined & brings a savoury lick of strawberries and cream, just awesome! | 82.0
PINOT NOIR, 2020 GENTLE FOLK ‘LITTLE CREEK’
Adelaide Hills, SA
Gareth Belton’s Gentle Folk label has created a true cult following based in the Basket Range’s of the Adelaide Hills, with a focus on allowing the season’s fruit to shine with very little tinkering involved. This Pinot is produced from a close planted unirrigated vineyard, and is a true small batch wine with immense power and perfume. | 120.0
SAGRANTINO, 2017 SAVE OUR SOULS
Nelson, New Zealand
Sagrantino is a grape native to the central Italian region of Umbria, although this wine takes a softer approach to the hugely extracted tannic Italian style of Umbria – expect blood plums and rose aromatics with a velvety slurp-ability – yum! | 66.0
RED BLEND, 2016 GENTLE FOLK ‘BLOSSOMS’
Adelaide Hills, SA
Made from a mixed bag of Merlot, Pinot Noir, Petit Verdot, Chardonnay and Riesling grown organically within the Adelaide Hills sub regions, a juicy aromatic bottle of fun. | 149.0
PINOT BLEND, 2016 LUCY MARGAUX ‘CATASTROPHE’
Adelaide Hills SA
Another Anton Von Klopper delight, his vineyards are completely unkept and wine making is done in a simple tin shed but nevertheless his wines are boundary pushing and hedonistic. This is brilliant flavour adventure over its oxidation process, with red fruits , cherries & juicy AF. | 165.0
Beer
BREWED IN CAIRNS – 640mL TALLIES
TROPICAL ALE ‘Latitude 17’
Macalister Brewing Co
Tropical & fruit driven | 19.0
PALE ALE ‘Cairns Pale’
Macalister Brewing Co
Light & crisp like Great Northern | 19.0
PORTER ‘Bushwacked’
Macalister Brewing Co
A delicious smoked Porter | 19.0
CIDER | COCKTAILS | WHISKEY
APPLE CIDER, COLDSTREAM
Yarra Valley, VIC
Crisp, dry style cider | 8.9
ESPRESSO MARTINI
Mount Uncle Rum (Mareeba)
Shaken with our espresso | 18.0
BRUICHLADDICH, THE CLASSIC LADDIE
Islay, Scotland
Salty, peaty, classic Islay | 11.0
MACALLAN 12 Y.O. SHERRY OAK
Speyside, Scotland
Matured in Oloroso sherry cask from Jerez. Soft on the nose, with a rich, smooth palate, hints dried fruit & long pleasant finish | 17.0
NANT ‘PORT CASK’
TAS, Australia
Clean & balanced Aussie whisky | 32.0
LARK ‘CLASSIC CASK’
TAS, Australia
Super smooth & balanced with a soft floral nose which comes through on the palate, hints of fruit, vanilla, oak & sweet peat. Stunning whiskey | 34.0